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Paul Steinbeck: Sun Set

Read "Sun Set" reviewed by Chris May


New York bassist Paul Steinbeck's third album for Engine Studios is an infectious, good-foot gumbo of retro and contemporary styles. Gospel, classic R&B, hip hop and New Orleans marching band music provide the grooves and rhythms, which sit alongside collective improvisations straddling New Orleans' Preservation Hall and today's free music. It inhabits similar territory to trumpeter Abram Wilson's Ride! Ferris Wheel To The Modern Day Delta (Dune, 2007), though with a smaller line-up and less hip-hop in the mix.

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Paul Steinbeck: Nine Ways

Read "Nine Ways" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


Paul Steinbeck was drawn to Chicago by the blues. He attended university there, but he also played with the Jazz X-tet and came under the influence of several musical styles, viewing jazz as a quirky blend of the traditional, the avant-garde and free improvisation. He brings all these tangents together and, with an assured feel for melody, gives them a distinct presence.

Steinbeck has a feel for composition. He pegs down the central idea and in writing with ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Sun Set

Engine Studios
2007

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Nine Ways

Unknown label
2004

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